Newry Soup Kitchen

Historical marker location:

Newry, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Broadway Street (State Highway 37-203) and Palmetto Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Broadway Street.)

South Carolina was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. In April 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, a federal fort located in Charleston Harbor. The bombardment lasted for 34 hours and resulted in the surrender of the fort to the Confederates.